Pocket case



March 17, 1925.

1N VENTOR A TTOR NE Y L. G. STANLEY POCKET CASE Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD GEORGE STANLEY, OF NEW "YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STANLEY & STANLEY, ING., or. NEW YORK, N. a QORPORATION or NEW Yoan.

rocKET casa l Application filed October 4, 1923. Serial N0, 666,482.

To fwhom'z't may concern.:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD GEORGE STANLEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to imlirovements in pocket cases. It is particularly intended for use as a cigarette holder, but may be 'used for other purposes.

The object of the invention is to produce, preferably out of leather, at an economic manufacturing cost, a case in which cigarettes or other articles carried may have their upper ends o-r portions freely exposed and readily accessible and at the same time protected from injury in the closed case.

In theaccompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating my invention:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my new case with its cover flap partially open. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the ease closed at a line corresponding to line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of what is shown in Fig. 2 at line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. Il is an end view of the case closed.

Fig. 5 is ai perspective view of the oiga rette or article container detached and shown spaced apart from a bottom forming strip and case side spacing member.

In the drawings, the case is maderup of four main members which when of leather are cemented together in the completed asbottom and at each end of the casing. The

sides are initially formed into a laterally bulging shape whereby in the assemblage the front and back sides, while parallel in their main extent, severally swell outwardly from their stitched, marginal portions. The back side 2 is extended upwardly into a somewhat narrowed portion which forms a freely bendable cover flap 2", dimensioned to be folded over the front side 0f the sng and to be .secured in closed position or in any suitable manner, or not secured at all. As shown, the free portion of the cover flap may be tucked in a transverse loop 4 to hold it in place or may be secured to the front wall of the easing by the complementary fastener members 4a and 4". The front side is upwardly extended into a. marginal, forwardly bendable flap 1a which forms a side guard for the upper ends of the cigarettes or other articles contained in the holder. It is opposed, when folded upright, to a back, marginal portion 2 of the cover flap which forms a back guard for the exposed ends of the articles carried in the holder when the cover flap is folded down. The cover flap is bendable from end to end, this bend forming the top edge of the case when it is closed.

The holder or container for cigarettes or other articles is made up. of two spaced apart pieces of leather' forming the front and back sides of the container. These sides are shaped to stand away one from another, their under edges are flexible and their upper edges 7 are transversely aligned one with another throughout their length and are curved upwardly at their ends providing the holder with upstanding, projecting` end portions 8 above the general level of the upper edges 7 between the ends 8. The end margins of the front and back sides 5 are stitched together at S).

' In order to stiffen the container between its front and back sides and thus prevent injury tothe cigarettes by accidental pressure on the sides of the case, these side-s1 are braced apart byl a leather brace Vwhich also ties the sides 5 together. The brace extendspart way from the top edges 7 of the container to the under or bottom edges thereof. The brace is made up of two strips of bendable leather, each given a lengthwise troughed form in the bracing assemblage. The bottom wall 1U of one troughed member has parallel, bendable side flanges l1. and 12. The bottom wall '1.3 of the other troughed member is glued to the wall 10 and has parallel, flange forming portions 14 and 15. The front, iange forming portions 11 and 15 are carried forwardly through a slot 7% in the front wall 5 and the back"flanges 12 and 14 are carried through a similar slot 7 u in the back wall 5, the cemented together mented thereto. The vertical, interior-Walls:-

12 and 13 divide the holder into two chambers and serve to brace the sides1i5`s apart..

The holder is dimensioned to be slipped ti ghtlyi` into the chamben yof the .m a-in casing and to be cementedthereiniwith theiunclosed` bottom-y sident; the containerbearing oirthc` bottom forfniiingrzv and; spaci n stnip 16.- Whichv is: cemented: in place; in' the: bottom` portion" ot t-'lie.1nai11.l casing abovel the converging,4 under marginal edge: ot the cas-ing.: Ehe strip .16: istlatf4 anch tormsthel flatibottoin :ton the1=container oniwfhicl'l theunder endsoffthe cigarettesmay rest, Thefholder or container, also; SO; diniensioned that: its: edges T in thegassemhlage; stamiabove the bending-lines ofithe' front an d` ba ck*A gu ard -f portionsy of the main casing- By; this construction. the holder or container may be [illed witlrI cigarrettes, the, upper; end portions ot'whiclr; will be: accessible,` above the? edges; 7 and? in' line between thef upstanding; projections 8; When the front guard iap la is verticaleand parallela/ith the back; guard: flap' portion E2* in itsevertical positionl and the@ coverlapiis in posit-ionfto close the casta 4the eiqlosed,"A up:- per' portions of Y the cigarettes will bef .laterLk ally: gnarded and kept*l from injury.' The upward? projections 8 serve as guards: for the end cigarettes inf a line of cigarettes placed linrtheholdentliefliaps le and-2X proftectf the line of cigarettes laterally, and the tops; orf the projections orhornsl` 8 senve'f to prevent; thefy foldAA off' the cover.' flapA at jgs-yf, being; depressed-1 at the, upward; exposed ends ot the cigarettes orothcra-rticles :which are not intended to project'upWardly'a-bove the,A aligned tops of.V the vhorns 8;` rllhebrace andy tie construction4 divides the` caseA into chambers-and forms a-x gusset; or. partition betweeni the; chambers and*V isso?k located that with cigarettesof the length, intendedl to-be put in. each chamber, the cigarettes in the one'. chamber cannot allz lengthwise into the;l bottoni ot theV adjacentichamber when the cigarettes-in such adjacent chamber are exhausted;

WhatfI-i clainr is z l, Aipoclet casemade up ofmaincasing h aiving; sp acedapart sides; a bendable-.cover tlapcolnprising aaback ganci-flap;` bendable: front: guard: lapi; al holder having spaced apart.; sides provided. with upwardly proj ectingf` end-a portions:Y and mounted? with its sides;betweenithe;V sides` of tli'evmain casi in-gl` with saith projections extending above they: under r portions=---of=- the:- guard 1 flaps.; the guard flaps: being dimensionedv and. posi:A

tioned opposedly t-o cover the front Aand back spaces i torniedv by.` and,v bet-Ween; the: said up- Wardprojections, the guard fla-ps serving to protect laterally the sides of articles contained. inY the holder` and. the projections serving. to protect. theendl members of ar ticles contained in the holder and to keep theycover flap from being crushed down on the upper ends of such contained articles; a flatbottonr spacing;` strip fixed in an under portion of the main casing and forming a. bottoni Wall for the:ho'lder;r andi between the sides of: the liolder;V vertical' spacing;` and bracing means; comprising; a` piece of sheet material;-lnounted through opposed vertical slits in' theside Walls ofztlie holden'andhavf ingfits endsflat-wisoand: exteriorly on' andv lixedi to opposed@ sidesv ofw'thefholder:

2. A. pocket case;.mad"ef-upot' a? mainA casingrf having; spacedfa-partfV sidesg; al bendable cover' iap; comprisingY ai backl. guardi fla-pg: a; bendable front-5 guard. flap ,3; aI holden.` having spaced-apart sides provided# Withi upwardly projecting.v endr portions and'l` mounted-fJ with its-sideslbetween the sides otthe maint` cas;l

ing; with said: project-ions extending'above' the. under: portions off the: guardA tlaps-githe' guard flapsbeingi dimensionedI and pfosieA tioned opposedly to. cover.l the front; and baclc spaces formedibyfandzbetweenithe-said upward" proj ections,` the guard liapsserving to` Aprotect"laterallyfthe f sides of)` articles containedy nr the; holder.;Y `and: the projections serving to protect the-r end, members. of" ar= ticlese contained irr the holderand. toflreep the` cover flap from` being` crushedf down; on the;` upper-endsof such contained articles; the said holder furthercomprising; al pair of, lengthwise troughed? pieces f cemented*` together: back to ba-cle andfhavingrtheir; ends at onel sidei off the holdenV projected through suclr side, reversely bent* andy cementedy flat- Wise on the v'outward'surface: thereof;

3;v` Apocketgcase made up o-aimain casing having spacedapartf sides; a bend'able'cover l-apcoinprising a baclrf` guard flapg. an bendable front guardf Hap; a-=` holder having spaced-apartf sides provided-i with'y upwardly proj ecting` end-1 portionsL and mounted with its 1 sides :between l the siidesI-of Ythe main` cass ing with said projections extendingabove theY` under portionsv of; thej guardi flaps; the guard liafpsv being dimensionedandi posi tioned'zopposedly to cover thef-tront and-bach spaces-y formedA by andf between thee-aid;- up Ward projections, thefguard flaps-:serving: to protectV laterally the: sides; oarticles contained in; thes holder; and#l the` projections serving'to :protect .the fend@ members ot Vartif cles {contained in the holder 4and to :keep-the cover ilap from bei-ngl crushedldown. on the upper ends ozfsuchl contained: articles; ai fiXed partition@ between;y ther: ends-- of' the holder positioned to `maintain; upright?. con-v tained articles of! length less,tl1a;n=, the

length of a holder chamber, the partition comprising two vertical, lengthwise tro-ughed members having flat, contacting portions within the chamber of the holder, each end of these contacting portions passing through a. vertical slot in a side wall of the holder, and each of the partition 'forming members having a fia-nge fiat-wise united with anexterior surfaee of the holder.

Signed at New York city in the county of 10 New York and State of New York, this 29th day of August, A. D. 1.923.

LEoPoLD GEORGE STANLEY. 

